Most likely to be problems with your hard drive, try to scan for erorrs and check your S.M.A.R.T. information. This answer contains a lot of tools you can use for that...
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Tom WijsmanJan 10 '11 at 18:16

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This error comes up at times when Windows has had problems writing its "hibernation state" information onto the hard drive.

This would, of course, be explained by the fact that Windows was probably still writing data when the laptop hit the ground. In addition, hard drives do not like being moved around much when they are operational (reading or writing) due to the mechanical pieces inside the drive (read heads and such) which can move around in an unwanted way.

If you don't make a habit of tossing the hard drive around while it's on, this one incident shouldn't be a problem, especially considering that laptop hard drives are usually built with protection mechanisms that stop the read heads and platters when they detect changing g-forces or simple vibration.

If you're really worried, simply run a disk-check tool from a Linux emergency-boot CD/DVD such as: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ to make sure your drive hasn't suffered any serious damage.

Just remember that Windows' built in drive-check is really just a file integrity checker and doesn't go deeper down and scan the true drive fitness.

I'd like to point out that Windows 7's chkdsk does do a physical scan of the disk, and at times is more accurate in checking whether a drive is damaged (in terms of bad sectors found) than previous versions. Otherwise your answer is flawless.
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user3463Jan 10 '11 at 19:48

As I stated in the question, this laptop has no battery. It was powered down completely before I removed it from the base station and started moving it. +1 for the great info.
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JohnBJan 10 '11 at 20:20